shaim2 t1_itvzryb wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:36 PM

Reply to comment by theartofcombinations in Logical positivism does not dispense with metaphysics, as it aimed to. It merely proposes a different kind of metaphysics, in which natural sciences take the privileged position once occupied by rationalist metaphysics. by IAI_Admin

So what is?

mirh t1_itwyykk wrote on October 26, 2022 at 10:24 PM

I tend to go with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_minimalism

TomasFitz t1_ity19gx wrote on October 27, 2022 at 3:20 AM

Nothing, the concept of truth is simply an empty and reflexive compliment we pay to those of our ideas that are useful in helping us do what we want to do, see Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature.